Lexical Definition

‎ἱππικόν‎ hippikón (hip-pee-kon') horseman ^G:A
neuter of a derivative of ‎ἵππος‎

horse(-men).

• the cavalry force

Abbott-Smith

** ἱππικός, -ή, -όν (< ἵππος), [in LXX: I Mac 15:33, III Mac 1:1*;]
of a horse or of horsemen, equestrian; as subst., τὸ ἱ. (sc. στράτευμα), cavalry: He 9:16.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἱππικός, ή, όν,

(ἵππος) of a horse or horses, frequently in Trag., ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱ. φρυάγματα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες,[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 of horsemen or chariots, ἀγών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναυάγια[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 = Latin equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of persons, of equestrian rank, ἱ. ἄνδρες [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, [Refs]; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, [Refs]; skilled in riding, opposed to ἄφιππος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative, [Refs 1st c.BC+] K.: superlative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη), horsemanship, riding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ -κῆς, title of treatise by Xenophon; ἱ. ἐπιστήμη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III fit for riding, superlative -ώτατον, χρῆμα γυνή [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV τὸ ἱ. the horse, cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.2 course or space of four stadia, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.2.b the circus at Rome, [Refs]
__V adverb -κῶς like a horseman: superlative -κώτατα with best horsemanship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]